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Google: Algorithm Updates


Google: Algorithm Updates

Google has a long history of famous algorithm updates, search index changes and refreshes. Below is a history of the major Google search algorithm updates. Our coverage of these updates can be found after the timeline.

  • May 2020 Core Update
  • January 2020 Core Update
  • Google BERT Natural Language Processing Update
  • September 2019 Core Update
  • June 2019 Core Update
  • March 2019 Core Update
  • August 2018 Core Update aka Medic Update
  • April 2018 Core Update
  • March 2018 Core Update
  • December 2017 Core Update
  • Google Local August 2017 Hawk Update
  • Google Fred Update – unconfirmed March 2017 update
  • Google Local September 2016 Possum Update
  • Google RankBrain Algorithm
  • Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
  • January 2018 Core Update
  • Google Hummingbird
  • Google Mobile Friendly Update
  • Google Panda Update
  • Google Penguin Update
  • Google Pigeon Update
  • Google Payday Update
  • Google Pirate Update
  • Google EMD (Exact Match Domain) Update
  • Google Top Heavy Update
  • Latest

Google launched subtopics ranking in mid-November

Google subtopics ranking helps deliver search results with a greater diversity of content when you search for something...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 10, 2021 at 11:14 am ET

Google algorithm updates 2020 in review: Core updates, passage indexing and page experience

Despite the pandemic, Google was busy working on changes to its search ranking algorithm — here is a summary review of those changes through...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 30, 2020 at 8:00 am ET

Biased language models can result from internet training data

The controversy around AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit from Google, and what biased language models may mean for the search...

George Nguyen | Dec 29, 2020 at 8:00 am ET

 

Some early observations on the Google December core update

Some of these observations are based on the quality raters guidelines, the past core updates, and sound SEO...

Marie Haynes | Dec 24, 2020 at 9:15 am ET

Google confirms passage indexing is not yet live

We expected this to roll out in 2020 but that seems unlikely...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 22, 2020 at 8:02 pm ET

Google December 2020 core update is now fully rolled out

Make sure to review your analytics and data and take the necessary steps if your site was negatively impacted....

Barry Schwartz | Dec 16, 2020 at 1:55 pm ET

Google’s December 2020 core update was big, even bigger than May 2020, say data providers

The update rolled out on Dec 3, but the impact was mostly felt on Dec....

Barry Schwartz | Dec 7, 2020 at 2:50 pm ET

Google December 2020 Core Update rolling out

After seven months, Google has just released a new core update - the December 2020 core...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 3, 2020 at 10:36 am ET

Google: Page experience signals for ranking apply only to mobile

A new FAQ page answers questions about ranking, various site architectures, AMP and...

George Nguyen | Dec 2, 2020 at 6:19 pm ET

What to evaluate ahead of Google’s Page Experience update

The content you’re competing against, the AMP option, your organization’s resources and business requirements are all part of the...

George Nguyen | Nov 18, 2020 at 2:03 pm ET

Video: Michael Lewittes on growing a site after an algorithm update

He built his own entertainment news site, went through numerous Google algorithm updates and sold it to a private equity firm at the...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 16, 2020 at 8:47 am ET

Google Page Experience Update to launch May 2021 with new labels in search results

Google will highlight search results that have a great page...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 10, 2020 at 11:00 am ET

Google launched DeepRank in October 2019: DeepRank is BERT

DeepRank goes back to 2017 at Google, it is the internal code name for the BERT...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 pm ET

Google confirms it doesn’t index passages separately

Google now "consider passages from pages as an additional ranking...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 20, 2020 at 2:09 pm ET

Google: BERT now used on almost every English query

Google announced numerous improvements made to search over the year and some new features coming...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 15, 2020 at 3:17 pm ET

8 major Google algorithm updates, explained

Of countless Google algorithm updates introduced over the last decade, here are the ones that changed SEO...

Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite | Oct 13, 2020 at 8:30 am ET

Google now uses BERT to match stories with fact checks

Google has made numerous changes to auto-complete, News, fact-checking, knowledge panels, breaking news detection and...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 10, 2020 at 3:00 pm ET

Google says you can recover from core updates without a new core update

Unlike the old Panda or Penguin updates, Google core updates get refreshed data...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 9, 2020 at 9:16 am ET

A Google Search bug wreaked havoc on the search results Monday night

The issue lasted several hours yesterday, putting the SEO community in a bit of panic...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 11, 2020 at 9:02 am ET

What SEOs get wrong about Google updates

Your ranking decline is likely not due to an update and good luck trying to figure out the ranking factors impacting your...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2020 at 8:37 am ET
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